George W. Bush

Since the Reagan administration, the U.S. government has had an intermittent rule known by various names — including the Global Gag Rule and the Mexico City Policy — barring organizations that receive government funds from performing or promoting abortions. The rule applies to non-governmental organizations (NGOs), even in countries where abortion is legal and even […]
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Republicans want to make all the Bush tax cuts permanent; the Democrats favor most but not all. An impasse would force a huge tax hike in the middle of a recovery. Clive Crook writes in the Financial Times of a way out (free registration required).
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It’s a good thing for Tiger Woods that one-time Bush press secretary Ari Fleischer is more helpful to his sports clients than he was to his famous boss, says Johanna Neuman in the Los Angeles Times. Maybe Mr. Bush should rehire him, muses Neumann.
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